Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday (14): How to lead a life of OCD Crime?

So lets start with my Waiting on Wednesday. I haven't done a meme on wednesday "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted @ Bending the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

How to Lead A Life Of Crime by Kirsten Miller

PUB DATE: February 21st 2013

Publisher: Razorbill

Pages: 358

SUMMARY:

A meth dealer. A prostitute. A serial killer.

Anywhere else, they’d be vermin. At the Mandel Academy, they’re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The rest disappear.

Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class. But then Mandel recruits a fierce new competitor who also happens to be Flick’s old flame. They’ve been told only one of them will make it out of the Mandel Academy. Will they find a way to save each other—or will the school destroy them both?

3) OLD FLAME? sounds like it'll have a complex & interesting romance,since ya know, ONE HAS TO DIEX_X

OCD, The Dude, and Me by Lauren Roedy Vaughn

PUB DATE: March 2013

Publisher: Dial

Pages: 240

SUMMARY:

With frizzy orange hair, a plus-sized body, sarcastic demeanor, and "unique learning profile," Danielle Levine doesn't fit in even at her alternative high school.

While navigating her doomed social life, she writes scathing, self-aware, and sometimes downright raunchy essays for English class. As a result of her unfiltered writing style, she is forced to see the school psychologist and enroll in a "social skills" class.

But when she meets Daniel, another social misfit who is obsessed with the cult classic film The Big Lebowski, Danielle's resolve to keep everyone at arm's length starts to crumble.

Why i am WAITING?

1) OMG, She sounds like a cup of crazy fun.

2) This book sounds like it'll be cute, fast, and a great spring read!

3) ALSO THERE IS PURPLE FONT COLOR & ON THE BOWLING BALL!! (PURPLE OBSESSED)